Winter 2022

56 REAL-LEADERS.COM / WINTER 2022 AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY SUNWEALTH On flights between Boston and New York City, some people look out the window and see barren rooftops, parking lots, and empty spaces. Omar Blayton, CFO of Sunwealth Power, sees an opportunity. “We could generate 25% of the nation’s electricity by installing solar on rooftops and underutilized parcels in the built environment,” he says. “It’s a $1 trillion market opportunity – and one can bring clean energy, green jobs, and savings to communities that need it most.” Sunwealth partners with skilled local contractors, investors, nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to develop community-based solar projects that provide clean energy and savings to credit-worthy power purchasers while delivering strong, stable fixed-income returns to investors. To date, the company has invested over $100 million in more than 500 projects across 15 states. Sunwealth.com SUNFUNDER Has closed more than $175 million in debt financing to 58 solar borrowers in emerging markets and improved energy access to over 10 million people. Investments to date have been in the off-grid solar, mini-grid, productive use, and C&I sectors, largely in Africa and Asia. SunFunder won a UN Global Climate Action Award at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. Acquired by Mirova in June 2022, its teams are working on a new fund, the Gigaton Empowerment Fund, which aims to raise $500 million driven by the demand for large-scale financing to scale up climate action and energy access. Sunfunder.com SNOWBALL Connects investors with a diversified portfolio of social and environmental impact funds offering competitive returns and measurable impact. The fund is invested across two interconnected impact themes: social equity and environmental sustainability. Uses an impact framework to score each investment — analyzing the potential and actual impact of the investments that managers hold in its portfolios (enterprise impact) — and how a manager works to improve its own impact as well as that of its underlying investees (manager impact). “We were founded to lead by example and prove that you do not need to choose between investing for a financial return and impact,” says Daniela Barone Soares, CEO. Snowball.im CROSSBOUNDARY Takes a transactionfocused approach to mobilizing private capital for impact. “At the core of CrossBoundary is our purpose: to unlock capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. We have worked with capital providers to mobilize more than $700 million into more than 75 countries,” says Tom Flahive, managing partner. It is committed to advancing the build-out of industrialscale renewable energy and closing the gap on rural electrification in Africa via CrossBoundary Energy and CrossBoundary Energy Access. CrossBoundary Energy owns and operates the largest portfolio of commercial-industrial renewable energy power purchase agreements in Africa. Its portfolio represents over $180 million in upfront investment value and displaces 75,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year. CrossBoundary.com REVEGO FUND MANAGERS EMERGING IMPACT FUND MANAGER The Investment manager of the Revego Africa Energy Fund. It invests in operating renewable energy assets in sub-Saharan Africa. Projects enhance the participation of wider communities, helping to transform the lives and livelihoods of marginalized groups in South Africa. Some of these initiatives include an x-ray machine that shortens the travel time by three hours for locals; a hydroponics farm that uses reverse osmosis water; a new building for Early Childhood Development that includes classrooms, ablution facilities, and nurseries; and a training center sponsored by the Loeriesfontein Wind Farm called The Loeriesfontein Hub that focuses on STEM programs for the youth in the local community. Revego.co.za CLEAN ENERGY VENTURES Amid global commitments to slash emissions, Clean Energy Ventures has launched the Simple Emissions Reduction Calculator, an accessible, open platform that measures any startup's potential impact on climate change. Available to startups of all sizes (particularly to fill the gap in tools for early-stage), SERC provides an easyto-understand impact potential to help startups build in, scale up, and measure climate impact from ground zero. Through SERC, VC and PE investors make more impactful investments, startups can more readily communicate their potential global impact, and society can connect important innovators with the resources they need to help solve climate change. CleanEnergyVentures.com INNOVATIVE IMPACT FUND MANAGERS 2022 IN COLLABORATION WITH

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